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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a problem does Bill Moyers of PBS have?
(a) A credibility problem.
(b) An ethical problem.
(c) An overexposure problem.
(d) A financial problem.

2. How long before the Malvo sniper case did INS refuse to deport Malvo when they had the chance?
(a) Nearly a year.
(b) Several months.
(c) Over a year.
(d) Nearly one month.

3. What is the example Bill gives in Chapter 2 to illustrate the importance of trust in a friendship?
(a) A person who tried to take advantage of a friend of his.
(b) A person who was constantly afraid that a friend of theirs would take advantage of them.
(c) A person who was taken advantage of by someone he considered a friend.
(d) A person who tried to take advantage of him.

4. How does Bill describe many of the adults in the United States?
(a) Superficial, but not self-absorbed.
(b) Self-absorbed, but not superficial.
(c) Self-absorbed and superficial.
(d) Neither self-absorbed nor superficial.

5. Where do journalists rank on the polls?
(a) Near lawyers and car salesmen.
(b) Journalists are not polled.
(c) Way above lawyers and car salesmen.
(d) Way below lawyers and car salesmen.

6. Why does Bill think the Catholic Church has become too political?
(a) It ignores scandals instead of addressing them.
(b) It fixes scandals, but does not learn from them.
(c) It addresses scandals, but does not know how to fix them.
(d) It covers up scandals instead of addressing them.

7. What does Bill think that many people spend too much time doing?
(a) Worrying about making new friends.
(b) Worrying about keeping friends.
(c) Feeling sorry for others.
(d) Feeling sorry for themselves.

8. What have secularists made nearly impossible to exist?
(a) Public freedom of religion.
(b) Laws defending religion.
(c) Private freedom of religion.
(d) Laws encouraging religion.

9. According to Bill in Chapter 2, what should people not allow to define who they are?
(a) Their job.
(b) Their financial situation.
(c) Their mistakes.
(d) Their friends.

10. How many years did President Bush request Clinton's presidential records be kept confidential?
(a) Sixty five.
(b) Thirty five.
(c) Eight five.
(d) Seventy five.

11. What does Bill warn leads to disaster in the second chapter?
(a) Self-delusion.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Bad advice.
(d) Self-indulgence.

12. Which Founder linked the ability to self-govern with the moral path of the Ten Commandments?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Thomas Paine.

13. What changed the self-reliant attitude of the country?
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Great Depression.

14. Which organization did Bill take issue with after they did not get money raised in a 9/11 fundraiser?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The United Way.
(c) Firefighters Charitable Foundation.
(d) Foundation for American Veterans.

15. What is the key given in Chapter 2 to attracting good friendships?
(a) To put your friends' needs before your own.
(b) To fix all of your friends' problems.
(c) To be a good person.
(d) To be a wealthy person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill think many people make excuses for?

2. According to Bill, what type of people does not make real friendships?

3. Which cable channel aired a series that depicted felons as rock stars?

4. When Who's Looking Out for You? was written, what percentage of Americans attended a church?

5. What has the phrase, "Christmas holiday" been replaced with by some schools?

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